Did you know that our government made a deal with the religious orders to cover their costs in the Residential Institutions Redress Board? Of course you did: I told you [...]
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Fuck off, St PatrickCelebrations? What are we celebrating? Some Welsh [tag]religious[/tag] nutcase arrived over here and filled us with a load of bullshit that eventually went on to become the Irish [tag]Catholic[/tag] church? [...] |
Bipolar Disorder: the Blues BrothersDo you know the Kaczynski twins? No, they're not a band. Jaroslaw Kaczynski is the Prime Minister of Poland and his identical twin brother Lech Kaczynski is the President. That's [...] |
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Locating a children's hospitalExcuse me, Taoiseach? Eh-eh-eh-eh howya, Brendan? Are youse – I mean you – here about the poor little sick kids? Yes, Taoiseach. I have the full report for you on [...] |
Seán (can I call you that?)Archbishop Seán Brady Armagh Co Down 18th December 2006 Dear Archbishop Brady, May I call you Seán? I read your comments in the paper today, and I have to tell [...] |
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The Feast of the Blessed CondescensionIsn't there some big Catholic thing coming up soon, in early December? The Immaculate Assumption, or the Holy Dispersal. Something of that sort, anyway. The Blessed Emulsification, maybe. In the [...] |
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